Article 6ZF4N Pressure grows on Tanzania to free victim of domestic violence who has been on death row for 13 years

Pressure grows on Tanzania to free victim of domestic violence who has been on death row for 13 years

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Sarah Johnson
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Lemi Limbu, who was convicted of murdering her daughter, has severe intellectual disabilities and absolutely should not be in prison', say campaigners

Pressure is mounting on the Tanzanian government to release a woman with severe intellectual disabilities who has been in prison awaiting execution for 13 years.

Lemi Limbu, who is now in her early 30s, was convicted of the murder of her daughter in 2015. A survivor of brutal and repeated sexual and domestic violence, she has the developmental age of a child.

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